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North Guanock Gate
Hob Uid: 879529
Location : Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TF6246019720
Summary : Section of the late 13th century town wall and archways incorporated into the garden scheme of the The Walks during the 19th century. Scheduled.
More information : (TF62461972). Gate and walls shown but not described.(1) North Guanock Gate. A postern gate with flanking walls, of two phases, the first late C13th or very early C14th, and the second of the early C14th.(2) North Guanock Gate, (name confirmed). Extant and in good condition.(3) Portions of town wall in The Walks. Medieval walling and archway. Pointed central arch with small archways each side. Grade II.(4) Broad Walk. North Guanock Gate and portion of Town Wall, (formerly listed as The Walks, Portion of the Town Walls in The Walks). Remains of North Guanock Gate with flanking walls. Late C13th, the remains consolidated and romanticised in the C19th as a symmetrical Picturesque garden composition. Grade II*.(5)

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Source details : OS 25" 1967.
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Source details : F1 FDC 19-JUL-1979
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Source details : Borough of King's Lynn, June 1972
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Source details : Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, July 1993
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Source details : Norfolk
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Late C13 construction
Monument End Date : 1299
Monument Start Date : 1267
Monument Type : Town Gate
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C19
Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : Town Gate, Garden Feature
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NF 306a
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 384082
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 61 NW 85
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